Here is how many hours of commercials you are not watching because of Netflix.
Netflix has not only made our lives better, easier, and more fun with new original series such as ‘Orange is the New Black‘ and ‘House of Cards‘ but, Netflix has also prevented us from watching the same commercials over and over. Eight dollars a month is a small price to pay to not see TV commercials, and according to data collected by Exstremist, Netflix could potentially save you from more than 130 hours of commercials per year.
According to a 2000-person survey conducted by TDG Research, users are now spending upwards of 1.5 hours a day on average streaming Netflix content. This ends up being around 540 hours of time spent streaming Netflix a year. (Via Exstreamist)
Those 90 minutes of Netflix streaming allows you to miss 21.3 minutes of ads. If you look at those numbers per year, that is 5.4 days of advertisements you avoided by signing up with Netflix.
If Netflix continues to grow and cable cutters continue to cancel their subscriptions, expect more and more companies paying TV shows to feature their products. According to Bloomberg, some of our most favorite shows have featured product placements.
When folks at ABC (DIS) sent out crews to build homes on the hit Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, they did it with Sears (SHLD) tools, installedPella windows, and rolled into the neighborhood in a Ford (F) pickup. Then again, few can topAmerican Idol for over-the-top brand displays. As host Ryan Seacrest implores fans at home to download contestants’ songs to their Apple (AAPL) iPods, the judges sip from red Coke (KO) cups as the cameras cue in a music video promoting the latest Ford.
Until then, enjoy the hours upon hours of commercial free content!
(Via Exstreamist)
